The Beet-Eating Heeb - The Beet-Eating Heeb is a blog for Jewish vegetarians, Jewish vegans, and all Jews whose concerns about food are not limited to how it tastes. The blog will feature:

•A serious examination of what the Torah has to say about food. The laws of kashrut matter, but there is much more.
•A curating and analysis of news about relevant food issues. The Beet-Eating Heeb spent 18 years in journalism, so he knows how to spot a good story, presumably.
•Interviews with rabbis, food experts, activists, vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians, pescatarians and carnivores. But BEH draws the line at freegans. (Google it. You’ll understand.)

When the Famous Rabbi Met the Frightened Calf by thebeeteatingheeb
If you have ever heard of the Talmud, chances are the mere mention of the word causes your eyes to glaze over. Most people think of it as a vast compendium of hair-splitting arguments about arcane ...

What Would Moses and King David Do? by thebeeteatingheeb
The Beet-Eating Heeb is back after a long layoff, tan and well-rested. OK, purple and over-worked. So what provoked BEH to start writing again? This: http://nyti.ms/1AGgtZw That is a link to the m...

How Do Jews Bless Meat? by thebeeteatingheeb
The Beet-Eating Heeb was asked recently if there is a Jewish blessing for kale. Yes, there is, and it’s the same blessing we recite for all vegetables: That translates as: Blessed are You, Lord our...

Hey American Rabbis: Wake Up and Smell the Cruelty by thebeeteatingheeb
From their perch in America, many Diaspora Jews look at the Orthodox Rabbinate in Israel as a bunch of Neanderthals who use clubs to beat back any modern innovation or progressive idea. No offense ...

God's Forgotten Covenant by thebeeteatingheeb
Jews around the world this week are reading the story of Noah in Genesis 9. (Was he the one who first said, “When it rains, it pours”?) Ironically, while most people associate this story with the s...

When God Killed the Meat-Eaters by thebeeteatingheeb
One of the most dramatic and meaningful stories in the Torah is read this week in synagogues around the world. It is a food-related story and it merits our attention, yet it is seldom discussed. Or...